Another Year Goes By
So here it is. My first post for 2008. First of all, thanks to Mike's revealing that his LJ is now 7 years old I had to stop and think about how old mine is.
This LJ was born on June 26th, 2002. That makes this baby just a wee bit younger than Mike's. That is a lot of words, so many thoughts. It's an almost overwhelming concept. Just how much of my life is in all this code...
Seems somewhat appropriate as well that my life be here in 1's and 0's instead of held in bound books anymore.
I have said many a time that I don't do resolutions, as policy. My hope and intent is that this first entry of the year does not come off as me making resolutions. In all honesty I am not. This is just my thought process for the day, while the motivation is still in me...gotta go while the getting is good.
There are so many subjects I want to touch on because it's been such a long ass time since I've actually written. With as much as my head jumps around this ought to be interesting.
I'm in the process as I type this of backing up my current web page. I have finally settled on what this thing is going to be. At long freaking last it will not be a conglomerate of the many things I want it to be. Well it will be to a degree but not as horrible as it is now. What my intent has always been was a place for me to play with code and learn my trade...all fine and dandy except that it makes for a really shitty web page. So I'm going to turn it into my art/design/education blog. My place to yammer on and on about all the artsy fartsy nerdy crap I'm trying to learn. I figure that is honestly probably a good way for me to retain what I have learned and to give myself a jumping off point for a portfolio.
I need to get more organized and I need to hone my skills. It's something I always say I'm going to do but then get sidetracked on one project and never follow through with. It's hard to learn anything really advanced when I just plainly don't have the resources or background knowledge to help teach myself. I have a difficult time being 'taught' anything. I always comprehend and am able to actually apply things I learn myself.
Enough nerdery.
I'm pretty much all moved out of the old place. Been sleeping at the new digs for almost 2 weeks now, I think. Loving it so far. Paid the first month's rent last night...am now severely broke. Cannot wait until tax return time/financial aid time via school. I feel somewhat bad for planning out my finances like this but what the heck else am I gonna do...I'd rather do this than have to default on other debt...no no no no no.
Jan 1st was officially one year since Josh/I first smooched. Shit time goes fast...that's pretty much all I have there. He's still just as Teeza-Squee inducing as he was then...hopefully that won't change for a while, or ever. I don't know yet. I'm still an 'us' and that is odd enough...good...but...odd..
My Birthday is coming up so I'm debating doing one of these things as a giftie to myself.
- pierce my tongue
- get my tat finally
I have my eyebrow done because I chickened out the last time I wanted to get my tongue done. I keep going back and forth about it. My tongue was the first thing I wanted to pierce but I didn't do it last time because of work/my parents and I don't know that it's entirely a good idea now bearing I'm trying to be a professional...but then I get all annoyed and 'but screw it it's my body' about it so I don't know.
Tat would be the one I've been planning to get for me/the guys. Claddagh/IV/Quote that I've talked about before...
Ze old site is done backing up...time to mess around with my new blog...woot woot!!
...after many an hour...
Ok no entry yet but at least it's a start design wise. I'm feeling far less motivated this afternoon...I don't know why. My desk should be arriving today so I'll get that together...actually Josh will probably get that together...I want to go turn in some change on the way home from work, stop at ALDI, get the desk from the 'rents and stop by the old place for the absolute last of my stuff...clearly I'm insane trying to do all this with 10 inches of snow on the ground...
This LJ was born on June 26th, 2002. That makes this baby just a wee bit younger than Mike's. That is a lot of words, so many thoughts. It's an almost overwhelming concept. Just how much of my life is in all this code...
Seems somewhat appropriate as well that my life be here in 1's and 0's instead of held in bound books anymore.
I have said many a time that I don't do resolutions, as policy. My hope and intent is that this first entry of the year does not come off as me making resolutions. In all honesty I am not. This is just my thought process for the day, while the motivation is still in me...gotta go while the getting is good.
There are so many subjects I want to touch on because it's been such a long ass time since I've actually written. With as much as my head jumps around this ought to be interesting.
I'm in the process as I type this of backing up my current web page. I have finally settled on what this thing is going to be. At long freaking last it will not be a conglomerate of the many things I want it to be. Well it will be to a degree but not as horrible as it is now. What my intent has always been was a place for me to play with code and learn my trade...all fine and dandy except that it makes for a really shitty web page. So I'm going to turn it into my art/design/education blog. My place to yammer on and on about all the artsy fartsy nerdy crap I'm trying to learn. I figure that is honestly probably a good way for me to retain what I have learned and to give myself a jumping off point for a portfolio.
I need to get more organized and I need to hone my skills. It's something I always say I'm going to do but then get sidetracked on one project and never follow through with. It's hard to learn anything really advanced when I just plainly don't have the resources or background knowledge to help teach myself. I have a difficult time being 'taught' anything. I always comprehend and am able to actually apply things I learn myself.
Enough nerdery.
I'm pretty much all moved out of the old place. Been sleeping at the new digs for almost 2 weeks now, I think. Loving it so far. Paid the first month's rent last night...am now severely broke. Cannot wait until tax return time/financial aid time via school. I feel somewhat bad for planning out my finances like this but what the heck else am I gonna do...I'd rather do this than have to default on other debt...no no no no no.
Jan 1st was officially one year since Josh/I first smooched. Shit time goes fast...that's pretty much all I have there. He's still just as Teeza-Squee inducing as he was then...hopefully that won't change for a while, or ever. I don't know yet. I'm still an 'us' and that is odd enough...good...but...odd..
My Birthday is coming up so I'm debating doing one of these things as a giftie to myself.
- pierce my tongue
- get my tat finally
I have my eyebrow done because I chickened out the last time I wanted to get my tongue done. I keep going back and forth about it. My tongue was the first thing I wanted to pierce but I didn't do it last time because of work/my parents and I don't know that it's entirely a good idea now bearing I'm trying to be a professional...but then I get all annoyed and 'but screw it it's my body' about it so I don't know.
Tat would be the one I've been planning to get for me/the guys. Claddagh/IV/Quote that I've talked about before...
Ze old site is done backing up...time to mess around with my new blog...woot woot!!
...after many an hour...
Ok no entry yet but at least it's a start design wise. I'm feeling far less motivated this afternoon...I don't know why. My desk should be arriving today so I'll get that together...actually Josh will probably get that together...I want to go turn in some change on the way home from work, stop at ALDI, get the desk from the 'rents and stop by the old place for the absolute last of my stuff...clearly I'm insane trying to do all this with 10 inches of snow on the ground...